Daniel Kunantaev hammers a drive during the Hillsboro half of Friday’s 36-hole Marion County Golf Tournament. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press

Marion finished fifth and Hillsboro eighth in a strong 17-school field at the fifth annual Marion County Invitational Golf Tournament on a beastly windy and cool Friday.

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The Hillsboro tennis season ended Thursday at the regional tournament it hosted at the Sports Complex.

The two Trojan entries in singles, Clay Shewey and Mark Prieb, fell one victory short of qualifying for state, losing in the quarterfinals. The top four finishers move on.

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Dakota Kaufman and Shelby Koons complete the handoff between the second and third legs of the 4x100 relay. The group finished in 53.29.

The Hillsboro boys ran into a strong Garden Plain team and settled for second place in the 11-team field at the Hesston Invita­tional Thursday.

The Trojans girls finished eighth in a 10-team field.

For the boys, Hillsboro accumulated 84 points while the Owls from Garden Plain scored 122.

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Jenesa Klose lights the fuse on a hard strike to a Hesston batter at the Sports Complex April 29, Klose won both against the Swathers

Hillsboro and Smoky Valley traded comfortable victories Thursday May 1 at Lindsborg.

The Trojans started the day with a 12-1 shellacking in the opener, but the Vikings had their way with Hillsboro in the nightcap, 10-6.

The games were originally scheduled for April 11, but had been postponed because of rain.

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